Pensioners miss out on crucial healthcare due to spending cuts

But cash-strapped councils and local clinical commissioning groups are making funding assessments tougher with many chronically ill pensioners now paying for care. The number ­eligible for Con­tinual Healthcare (CHC) has fallen 32 percent from 15,963 in 2018-19 to 10,847 in 2022-23. And

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